Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1907 — Convicted of Land Grabbing. [ARTICLE]

Convicted of Land Grabbing.

Cheyenne, Wyo., July 22.—1 n the United States district court E. M. Holbrook, a millionaire, E. E. Lonabaugh, a prominent attorney, and Robert McPhlllamey, a well known business man of Sheridan, were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States government of coal lands in Sheridan county. The maximum penalty on each of the two counts on which the men were tried is two years In the penitentiary and a fine of SIO,OOO.